When students at Coker-Wimberly Elementary School, Phillips Middle School and North Edgecombe High School returned to campus this year, they were given a new charge: to become the architects of their own lives.

"These three schools are undergoing a transformation, with the ultimate goal of helping…

Yet another string of break-ins kept Rocky Mount police busy over the weekend.

Police responded to six home break-ins between Friday and Sunday across the city, with the first report coming at 3:09 p.m. Friday at a house on the 1100 block of Nashville Road. They said the victim was not home when…

The Rocky Mount Rotary Club recently presented checks to Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College and N.C. Wesleyan College based on the funds the club raised during its Tackle the Tar Mud Run & Fun Day on May 20 at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex.

Many areas in the United States have the type of mosquitoes that can spread Zika Virus.

That is why the Edgecombe County Health Department has made it its goal to supply citizens with knowledge and equipment to better protect themselves and their loved ones against Zika Virus. The department was…

Five Edgecombe County men have been arrested in connection to recent hemp thefts.

According to a news release from the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office, an Edgecombe County deputy responded Monday to a report of a suspicious vehicle near a hemp field, whose location was not released. An…

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A traffic stop Tuesday in Nash County ended with a Florida man being arrested on drug charges.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop at 8:13 a.m. on the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near mile marker 137. A search of the vehicle, a 2017 Nissan, uncovered 269 grams of cocaine with a street value of…

A shooting in Rocky Mount Tuesday morning sent a local teenager to the hospital.

Rocky Mount police responded to a report of shots fired just after 7 a.m. at a house on the 1300 block of Sycamore Street. They said when they arrived, they found a 17-year-old teen suffering from gunshot wounds.